There, by the Ahava river, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe road for ourselves, our children and all our goods.
In context
19and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the descendants of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, twenty men; 20and from the temple servants whom David and his officials had assigned to serve the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple servants, all of them designated by name. 21There, by the Ahava river, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe road for ourselves, our children and all our goods. 22For I was ashamed to ask the king for troops and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, since we had told the king, “The hand of our God is upon all who seek him, for good; but his power and his anger are against all who forsake him.” 23So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and he answered our plea.
